Iran's collapsing economy sparks second day of protests
Security forces fired tear gas on demonstrators angered by a plummeting currency, skyrocketing inflation, and worsening public services.
Security forces fired tear gas on demonstrators angered by a plummeting currency, skyrocketing inflation, and worsening public services.
Riyadh and Abu Dhabi back opposing forces in Yemen.
Meta’s purchase is significant for being among the biggest deals in which a US company has bought into the Chinese AI ecosystem.
The Chinese stock market this year is on pace for its best year in almost a decade.
Climate is not an easy issue to be an activist on. You’re taking on some of the world’s most powerful corporations, contending with a culture of widespread indifference, and going up against endless propaganda reassuring people that global warming will simply turn the Earth into a lush tropical paradise. There is plenty of repression, but advocates for Palestinian rights face demonization as terrorists and antisemites, blacklisting, and are even criminalized. So when the world’s most well-known climate activist, Greta Thunberg, expanded her focus to include Palestine, she must have known she would incur a wave of new hostility. But Thunberg has not just spoken up for Gaza, she has put her body on the line, and has been arrested and abused by the Israel Defense Forces after trying to carry humanitarian aid to Gaza aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla.